Sure, everything seemed okay. Friendly glances at park followed by a short spurt of conversation, but getting into those little cliques are just as tricky, if not more difficult, than ones I encountered, and came to master within corporate environment. Though I was efficient in my conversation and quick with my wit; though I laughed at right jokes and wore appropriate attire; and, even when I stood in widest opening of park letting everyone see that I was available for chat, mommies shied away from me. My best bet is that they probably gathered in a far counter to chuckle over my desperation. Heck, I may have even laughed at me too had I not been distracted by small hovering cloud of post-partum depression.

You can liken this to city gal in country. There are many movies with a similar story line about loud and obtrusive ‘outsider’ that everyone sees as square peg. While she may want to fit in, she knows from get-go that it is going to be a long journey, due to all that tension she feels from her new peers. That is where I began to find my thoughts. (And let me tell you, if you think your co-workers in their Armani suits are pretentious, try a mommy-clique in t-shirts and capris. I kid you not, they can be downright condescending.) While acceptance is hard, it is a form of closure, and after a year or so, I decided that I was just not going to fit in with bobby-socked, sneakered mommies littered throughout my day.

The biggest trick some child predators’ are using these days is to pretend to be a kid, in a kid site chat room.

Child predators are talking lingo, misspelling words, having simple conversations to gain trust with children on internet.

But do you really know just how fast they can find information about your child or your family?

This is one website every parent must see:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/index.html

Scroll down to bottom and you will see a section called

Interactive Tools

Then click on link

'What Can Be Revealed in Minutes About Your Child Online'

It is a downloadable tutorial that shows parents and kids just how someone can search for information about you or your child, if they frequent chat rooms, or send out any type of posts on internet.

It shows you how a stranger on internet can find out EVERYTHING about your child in about 45 minutes, with even smallest piece of information to start with.

Here is direct url for tutorial:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/Multimedia/NCMEC%20Video%202.exe

So what will a child abductor do with this information?

Even if they do not know what your child looks like, they can wait for them to come home from school, call them by name, call them on phone.

And if they walk home from school, they can come in contact with them en route back home.

Without a doubt, most dangerous of all… ...you might not even know if your child is being stalked by a person like this.

Here are some tips to safeguard your child against these types of individuals:

1. Just like TV, video games, or watching movies, you shouldn't let your child have free reign of computer any time they like.